PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Kasd at sed eirmod consetetur nulla et eos. Diam qui at sed ut sed iriure erat tempor. Sed vel sit aliquyam eos nulla luptatum sadipscing labore et nonumy dolore commodo ea invidunt dolor et consequat. Dolor takimata tation ex feugiat duo ex tempor et at sed elitr et elitr nihil eros dolore sadipscing. Ut nibh rebum ea ipsum sit vel nulla accusam at clita et takimata sed lorem ut diam. Erat et augue in possim volutpat duo sadipscing sanctus accumsan nonumy amet ut lorem no nonumy ut stet diam. Diam ea labore nam consectetuer gubergren est elitr labore sit clita takimata facilisi tempor lorem. Et minim diam iriure autem est gubergren vero vulputate et hendrerit sea vero justo consetetur nostrud amet. Erat stet invidunt sed est aliquyam clita at.
Nihil dolore clita sit labore et elitr amet invidunt sed nibh accusam tincidunt kasd ea. Ipsum eum justo et dolore volutpat clita eos gubergren et ipsum et et dolor. Accumsan amet lorem vel eos elitr sit mazim. Dolor eum ut consectetuer sea. Lobortis at voluptua dolore dolore consequat est iriure odio voluptua ut in kasd hendrerit duo.
Sample Output H3
Elit dolor duo voluptua at esse sadipscing magna ipsum lorem amet hendrerit dolore esse vel luptatum ipsum duo. Ea lorem lorem ut duo ut. Blandit ipsum et no amet ut nibh duo magna elitr. Erat gubergren accumsan labore elitr consequat aliquyam tincidunt invidunt diam no kasd esse. Dolore sed ipsum voluptua facilisis gubergren amet eros sed et nonumy lorem ad lorem rebum. Dolor kasd ipsum. Sanctus ut lorem dolore takimata dolor eirmod clita gubergren takimata no elitr dolore sit. Iriure ut sed dolore duis eos liber in takimata consetetur sadipscing elitr elitr gubergren gubergren. Vel in amet ut est tempor et et at odio. Ea nisl nulla dolor amet stet consetetur ut sea vero. Lorem eirmod invidunt dolore aliquyam eirmod rebum gubergren feugiat dolor.
Sed ut nonumy ad nonumy nulla soluta dolore vero. Et est dolore amet dolor erat erat erat no sit duo amet tempor ullamcorper gubergren eos diam dolore facilisi. Nonumy diam aliquyam vero stet vel consetetur nonummy dolore voluptua est ipsum vero eros eos rebum et dolor elitr. Magna dolores sadipscing enim wisi dolore. Praesent labore ea duo dignissim aliquyam gubergren nonumy imperdiet feugait no invidunt duo ut et. Consequat dolor ea in sit molestie ipsum sea in. Eirmod labore magna autem adipiscing nibh praesent erat vero erat sadipscing no lorem vero ea erat vel lorem.
Sample Output H4
Vero illum dolor euismod erat odio sit invidunt dolor dolor elit takimata at sed sed takimata et dolor. Sit ipsum et facilisis invidunt dolore vero voluptua sed sanctus nulla nonumy ipsum labore enim vel lorem invidunt amet. Gubergren voluptua aliquyam ut no amet tempor labore et dolore sanctus justo sadipscing voluptua sea sed diam et. Erat est kasd sed mazim kasd sanctus adipiscing eos facilisis dolor molestie eos eirmod labore duo sed et. Dolores tempor amet diam sit no et clita zzril eos autem sed ut clita eros. Stet amet amet takimata est ipsum tempor magna. Nostrud feugiat commodo labore sea nulla gubergren vulputate nonummy at vero.
Te sit accusam elitr nonummy no dolore illum gubergren. Duis ipsum et duo. Et erat et labore ea stet sanctus lorem assum invidunt sea ea sed et erat erat dolor. Consequat eos erat ut stet ut sed ipsum elitr tempor. Est erat dolor velit sadipscing et ipsum est sed eirmod. Justo dolor dolore velit ut no volutpat. Eos eirmod gubergren no sadipscing enim in aliquyam amet ex sanctus iriure et et sit. Eos vulputate eros invidunt amet rebum volutpat duis vel. Sit ut lorem vero kasd justo invidunt. Est ea consetetur et sadipscing consetetur magna elitr.
Sample Output H4
Ut et ea et sanctus et nobis et labore vel dolor. Ipsum et elit ad stet at voluptua sadipscing takimata invidunt no. Ipsum ex velit ipsum commodo aliquip amet nonummy luptatum sit exerci duo kasd dolore kasd. In sed ut. Sit sanctus ullamcorper iriure est vel aliquyam amet ut takimata at ipsum dolores. Est magna dolore ipsum ipsum commodo ipsum justo dolores nulla liber. Dignissim eos autem lorem justo erat sit liber eos elitr diam. Dolore lorem dignissim nonumy kasd. Ipsum delenit ut accusam diam erat sed. Quod ipsum vero adipiscing velit et vero nonumy velit luptatum eum dolore liber lorem sit kasd. Rebum ipsum blandit zzril amet magna gubergren sea takimata vero.
Et et clita doming elitr lorem dolore dolore. Tempor vero volutpat elitr ipsum lorem quis duo nonumy lorem praesent at. Stet eirmod tation eum. Nonumy veniam esse consectetuer veniam et sadipscing in autem dolor dolores rebum quis ea quis at voluptua. Et et dolor.
Sample Output H3
No dolores accusam elitr nisl magna sea vero labore delenit diam vero velit erat magna. Vulputate amet takimata nonummy at dolor no dolore ipsum erat clita accusam stet. Vero sed stet aliquyam ipsum delenit diam vero suscipit. Ipsum sanctus dolore duis lorem liber diam accusam tempor dolore augue velit sed volutpat sadipscing takimata no ea. Sanctus qui liber. Et placerat ut ea takimata ut gubergren sed quis stet sed sed diam. Gubergren tempor dolor duo gubergren ut stet et et eu quis eirmod dolor sanctus at. Sadipscing nostrud aliquyam duo sed sadipscing. Sed accusam stet sed qui lorem consetetur nonummy nibh eum nisl lorem. Sadipscing gubergren consetetur est eos sed vero dolore sit justo dolores erat dolores amet. Vero kasd sed feugiat dolores blandit lorem dolor stet eos consectetuer et vero sit tempor no labore.
Laoreet labore amet in iriure eleifend et dolore. Dolor aliquyam vero cum lorem ut tation ut et sed et te et. Ipsum lorem sanctus gubergren dolore qui autem vero dolore ipsum et lorem ipsum sea ut labore sed sit ut. Amet et dolore et stet vel stet velit eros in elitr est nonumy et. Autem takimata diam facilisi erat accumsan eum ipsum voluptua labore lorem est congue magna amet eirmod. Vulputate et duo magna sit invidunt ipsum eum sanctus gubergren dolor. Ullamcorper magna ipsum magna vulputate diam te tation ut laoreet eros dolore tempor sanctus. Stet rebum rebum nostrud. Sadipscing sed lorem invidunt lorem. Amet labore sadipscing voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Dolor nonumy in dolor sit vero vero. Diam at sit invidunt veniam wisi diam vel at ut amet et erat gubergren dolores ea. Stet diam dolor. Exerci ipsum illum dolore diam aliquyam lorem. Sit stet diam diam et dolor volutpat sit stet in facilisi gubergren wisi. At consetetur lorem magna eos eos vero invidunt. Nihil et eu dolor imperdiet rebum lorem dolore esse nihil no erat et gubergren invidunt ut. Volutpat justo lorem lorem eirmod elitr clita labore diam eirmod consectetuer nonummy feugiat. Stet gubergren vero kasd duo eirmod eos accusam et elitr gubergren et illum feugait. Tempor et feugiat aliquyam diam ut lorem et ut consetetur aliquyam duo clita ullamcorper. At ipsum dignissim est dolor et ipsum.
Sit justo imperdiet iusto nulla consetetur dolore aliquyam magna aliquam tempor lorem sit luptatum diam ipsum eros. Diam duo eirmod hendrerit. Molestie velit sit takimata. Voluptua minim kasd est ut consequat soluta et diam dolore dolore diam sed. Dolor vulputate wisi lobortis diam eirmod erat.
Sample Output H4
Eum sed aliquyam dolor takimata sea stet et nibh tempor nulla et. Vero ad justo et ipsum duo at gubergren vero lorem diam eirmod in et ea magna elit justo tation. Vero velit dolor est sit iriure rebum ea. Sed lorem vel congue diam. Ipsum assum dolores sed kasd laoreet euismod justo elitr diam elitr dolores tempor erat dolor lorem duo elitr autem. Takimata vel ea. Magna lorem gubergren kasd amet sit nulla dolore dolores takimata clita clita duis erat doming duo rebum duo. Rebum no amet diam soluta dolor ut volutpat sed.
Velit dolor tincidunt sit assum. Feugiat dolore tempor dolor consectetuer tempor. Feugiat erat nulla liber eos nonummy feugiat esse sed amet sit. Voluptua sea voluptua rebum sanctus sadipscing invidunt dignissim. Dolor sed eirmod eu. Ipsum clita feugiat stet clita option eos diam sit labore ut et eos diam dolor. Ipsum eos iusto amet clita wisi eos ex delenit ipsum et consequat nam ipsum nonumy ut. Rebum elitr sea sea sed. Et exerci et magna sadipscing diam. Kasd facilisi voluptua feugait cum takimata duo. Dolor vero dolor diam amet exerci lorem facer nonumy dolore.
More Sample Output H2
Gubergren ut consequat velit erat dignissim accusam tempor tation. Ut magna erat. Hendrerit iusto magna. Dolor eleifend et sed et. Amet aliquyam erat tempor et dolores consetetur eos ipsum. Esse voluptua sanctus nostrud commodo lorem duo dolor est duo accusam et lorem justo eu minim. Voluptua nonumy minim tempor voluptua. Dolore sed et ut stet tempor nulla invidunt ipsum et dolore ad et volutpat ea et amet consequat invidunt. Magna autem sed aliquyam no doming justo sit sit consetetur vel lorem no takimata. Et eirmod takimata sanctus no dolore et duo sit nam accumsan ea lorem amet elitr sadipscing aliquyam clita. Et labore dolor clita eu esse amet.
Sadipscing magna duis est no consetetur magna sit esse diam rebum lorem ea erat sed sadipscing lorem nibh clita. Sea dolores ipsum tempor adipiscing invidunt nonumy accusam rebum no esse sed accumsan. At accusam sadipscing aliquam takimata velit accusam elitr nonumy volutpat praesent ut facilisi eirmod assum voluptua dolor sanctus. Consetetur sea eros no nibh eirmod eos lobortis feugiat eirmod ipsum velit eos. Dolores lorem vero lorem labore eirmod adipiscing dolore et duis et. Aliquyam clita volutpat et tempor clita dolor diam ea accusam labore nibh. Dolore et lorem clita lorem elitr dolor vel takimata dolore labore magna.
Sample Output H3
Dolores justo ad amet ea accusam eirmod no facilisis labore. Dolor dolore sed gubergren labore erat lorem dolore clita sit. Sanctus labore clita ut. Sadipscing et aliquam et molestie sea duo aliquyam accusam sed amet invidunt vero ipsum takimata justo et et. Velit sanctus sed vero eu. Sit duis vero rebum eros dolores labore diam labore consetetur velit takimata. Takimata dolore dolores clita sit et labore soluta eirmod vel sit consequat sed.
Magna dolores et lorem sadipscing diam lorem suscipit quod dolores stet amet clita elitr sanctus lorem aliquyam. Eirmod no sed accusam consetetur ea odio iriure diam ex dolore sed magna. Lorem elitr duis duo sanctus consequat. Elitr no ipsum elitr amet dolore accusam. Eros dolore sed et ea lorem. Magna gubergren eos amet sit zzril stet duo takimata zzril. Duis amet et ea nonumy sadipscing amet commodo quis amet takimata. Lorem et sit nonumy dolor duo vero accusam stet sit.
Sample Output H4
Velit amet kasd at labore nonumy nulla delenit vero suscipit nonumy lorem ipsum erat. Invidunt nonumy ea. Et quod dolore vero duo consetetur hendrerit kasd sit amet erat elitr luptatum nonumy vel erat sadipscing luptatum. Volutpat justo sea hendrerit invidunt at ad consequat invidunt sanctus vero nonumy illum eu. Amet sit sanctus iusto sadipscing. At duo nulla ea ut sit et ea nibh ex. Ipsum duis ut vulputate. Et in ipsum ut et est est id kasd vel stet dolore. Nulla eos est sed ea elitr sit sit amet diam takimata lorem dolore sed et tincidunt justo.
Magna diam labore aliquyam suscipit justo rebum et erat rebum lorem vel diam clita. Labore vero delenit. Clita elitr vulputate. In accusam diam et labore iriure rebum. Elitr diam molestie delenit magna accumsan veniam nonummy odio consequat lorem et magna diam cum esse facilisis lorem vel.
Sample Output H4
Takimata sea sit at. Ad sed aliquam invidunt erat vero ipsum consetetur erat takimata adipiscing. Sit gubergren dolores et no gubergren stet dolores est option consequat. Eirmod congue sit duo gubergren justo et stet diam lorem aliquyam. Clita vel takimata dolore iriure nibh duis dolore ipsum rebum sea ut. Diam volutpat dolor magna takimata elitr stet diam ipsum autem. Lobortis dolor labore sadipscing eirmod ipsum et tation rebum.
Accumsan molestie eirmod eum sadipscing ipsum voluptua. Vero sed amet dignissim et dolor et diam et. Kasd dolore stet dolor sea sadipscing sit gubergren duo lobortis ut eos diam magna amet aliquyam sea kasd tation. Ipsum gubergren rebum. Suscipit sea et id dolor sed et no exerci autem luptatum amet quod. Sed amet ipsum dolore ut. Consetetur dolores nonummy lorem ut at consetetur dolore augue dolor rebum eos dolor.
Sample Output H3
Duo accusam sit sea voluptua iriure ea eirmod labore lorem invidunt iriure invidunt dolore wisi et. At voluptua sanctus sea magna hendrerit at vero dolor in augue ut vel. Nonummy clita euismod at sea magna dolore no consetetur augue ipsum vel consetetur. Dolore takimata ad lorem tempor autem ipsum voluptua no ipsum vulputate at voluptua ut erat. Sit exerci et diam lorem et elitr iusto iusto lorem feugait dolores dolore in sanctus sanctus eos eros elitr. Vero wisi qui invidunt sit dignissim accusam.
Aliquyam lobortis est aliquyam diam kasd no sed et dolore lorem ea sed gubergren commodo lorem dolore. Ea ut magna. Ea tincidunt nonumy aliquyam est sadipscing eu dolore invidunt nulla ut dolore. Lorem lorem tempor elitr diam sit erat ut. Sadipscing at labore est dolores dolore magna et liber sadipscing kasd dolore invidunt clita diam kasd laoreet gubergren luptatum. Et tempor congue eu enim blandit sit amet dolor.
Sample Output H4
Volutpat lorem lorem dolor dolor sit et at ipsum amet amet. Sadipscing et consetetur delenit ut sit aliquyam takimata delenit clita dolor sea velit sit iusto ullamcorper labore aliquyam tempor. In et no adipiscing ea dolor. Ea feugait sea justo wisi rebum clita suscipit gubergren et lorem. Ipsum iusto clita accusam eos ipsum amet kasd sit elitr at at dolores. Et liber lorem gubergren sed autem. Ut lorem et placerat at ipsum amet sit in minim dolore aliquyam nam eirmod sit voluptua dolor dolor sed. Ipsum kasd dolor aliquyam gubergren vel justo elitr sanctus ut amet aliquyam diam kasd veniam elitr veniam lorem. Velit sit labore consetetur aliquyam dolore quis gubergren at accusam aliquyam ipsum sadipscing nonummy nostrud. Elitr takimata esse takimata sea sed dolor velit tincidunt stet erat nonumy aliquyam sadipscing tincidunt duis. Voluptua no ipsum consequat et dolore lorem.
Consetetur possim dolore dolore. Sit duis sadipscing laoreet sit erat diam. Erat illum dolor justo dolor at magna autem aliquip euismod aliquip ut. Molestie sadipscing vel at magna dolore ut et duo feugiat erat mazim iusto eirmod amet lorem et. Volutpat eum sit congue blandit dolor ipsum voluptua erat stet amet dolore kasd kasd molestie molestie stet. Elitr ipsum ipsum dolor ipsum accusam amet lorem luptatum sit clita tempor sanctus doming nonummy. Et consequat ea eos accumsan dolore sed nonumy invidunt facilisi.
Sample Output H4
Consequat duo no labore no sadipscing nibh. Eos magna kasd lorem nisl zzril tempor vel rebum elitr ut. Aliquyam sadipscing diam delenit ipsum accumsan nostrud kasd. Ea clita iriure delenit sanctus dolor autem eirmod diam imperdiet invidunt et diam nostrud vel sadipscing. Sit at consetetur voluptua elitr. Eos vero sadipscing kasd sed sed consequat illum.
Est no nostrud et adipiscing ipsum vel diam ut invidunt iriure amet et laoreet. Quis nonumy vel invidunt ipsum gubergren consetetur et. Et laoreet minim sed sanctus no amet sed nisl adipiscing duo justo eos. Accusam facer kasd lorem gubergren sanctus dolore tation diam ipsum iriure. Nonumy justo ipsum te invidunt kasd invidunt elitr diam no aliquip in gubergren lobortis vero dolores diam. Iusto clita lorem clita sanctus ea kasd stet labore et esse dolores velit gubergren sit. Et sadipscing aliquyam clita autem nibh dolore. Amet clita invidunt justo liber eirmod.